Can Winamp 5.8 play H.264 video natively on Win10?

reniwqwil5 · 3rd July 2020, 08:07

The release notes say that it now relies on Media Foundation for H.264 decoding; since that's a feature of Windows 10, it seems to be saying that Winamp 5.8 on Windows 10 should be able to play MP4/H.264 videos. In practice I can't get it to work. Audio plays fine, and a video window pops up, but there's nothing in the video window. Anyone know anything about this?

gerryharris · 3rd July 2020, 09:29

I don't usually play videos via Winamp 5.8 but I just tried it.
Plays MP4 videos OK on my WIN 10 system.
Cheers
Gerry

Tohno_Neil · 3rd July 2020, 16:06

Don't use Winamp play video, use mpv player.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpv...windows/files/

MrSinatra · 3rd July 2020, 21:42

Or VLC

Aminifu · 5th July 2020, 19:35

Give Kodi (https://kodi.tv) a try, works great for me.

3rd July 2020, 08:07	#1
reniwqwil5 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 1	Can Winamp 5.8 play H.264 video natively on Win10? The release notes say that it now relies on Media Foundation for H.264 decoding; since that's a feature of Windows 10, it seems to be saying that Winamp 5.8 on Windows 10 should be able to play MP4/H.264 videos. In practice I can't get it to work. Audio plays fine, and a video window pops up, but there's nothing in the video window. Anyone know anything about this?

3rd July 2020, 16:06	#3
Tohno_Neil Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 128	Don't use Winamp play video, use mpv player. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpv...windows/files/ winamp整合贴 (保持最新？chinese) List of Winamp Input Plug-Ins (Lossless audio codecs)

3rd July 2020, 21:42	#4
MrSinatra Forum King Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: WKPS, State College Posts: 5,735	Or VLC PENN STATE Radio or http://www.LION-Radio.org/ -- BUG #1 = Winamp skips short tracks Wish #1 = Multiple Column Sorting Wish #2 = Add TCMP/Compilation editing

5th July 2020, 19:35	#5
Aminifu Forum King Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,772	Give Kodi (https://kodi.tv) a try, works great for me. Winamp Pro v5.666.3516 fully-patched - Quinto Black CT v3.1 skin Windows 10 Home 64-bit v20H2 desktop - Logitech Z906 5.1 speaker system

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3rd July 2020, 09:29	#2
gerryharris Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 28	I don't usually play videos via Winamp 5.8 but I just tried it. Plays MP4 videos OK on my WIN 10 system. Cheers Gerry